Caribbean Surname Index

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I've done Ancestry and Living DNA. Uploaded to Family Tree DNA, GED Match, My Heritage, etc. Many known cousins, many distant cousins, no real surprises, yet, like others, I find a problem with the models they are using having a blind side pertaining to colonial West Indies. There are a variety of r...

Hi Clamcam not an expert but yes there would have been an inquest and the Capt and several members of crew would have been questioned. Most ships carried insurance of some sort by then so check Lloyds archives, check mercantile records at uk ARCHIVES You may find mention of the event in Calendar of ...

Hi all. Its actually even a bit more complicated than that. South Carolina had several early Governors who had Barbados, Antigua or Leewards properties. Middleton is an example, Yeamans another. A substantial group organized a "transplant" enticing many indentured servants who knew they co...

Hi . I'm also interested in Higginbottom/Higginbotham. Any help establishing clear connections for a Capt John Higginbottom with a family of 6 who emigrated to Jamaica circa 1740--41. He apparently had land in St George/Portland and members of the family owned a large holding in one of the Western P...

Hi Hugh Well another year past and back we are at carsurdex.....re previous question I dont have it off the top of my head but do recall adequate specifics exist in correspondence between CCodrinton III and board of trade(Calendar of State Papers Colonial) which offered some detail on the displaced ...

All Families noted were active as planting families, attorneys, doctors, merchants etc etc primarily in the eastern parishes of Jamaica. Dates from 1655 to 1870 . I have their basic properties mapped out and many relationships but would love to hear from anyone who stumbles upon writs shipping/busin...

Hi Maggie there's quite abit of info kicking around on the Gales since they were quite a numerous group at times. Per Jamaica you will find a great deal by studying the eastern parishes...St Thomas in the east and Portland/St George throughout the late 17th 18th and part of 19th. I occasionally bump...